72.

With apologies, it’s a day and a half late, but here is this year’s Top 72 Rangers Prospects list, as found (with full write-ups on every player) in this year’s Bound Edition:

1. Leody Taveras, OF

2. Ariel Jurado, RHP

3. Brett Martin, LHP

4. Yohander Mendez, LHP

5. Jose Trevino, C

6. Ronald Guzman, 1B

7. Joe Palumbo, LHP

8. Anderson Tejeda, SS-2B-3B

9. Josh Morgan, 3B-SS-2B

10. Alex Speas, RHP

11. Cole Ragans, LHP

12. Andy Ibanez, 2B-3B

13. Connor Sadzeck, RHP

14. Jose Leclerc, RHP

15. Eric Jenkins, OF

16. Scott Heineman, OF

17. Michael Matuella, RHP

18. Kole Enright, 3B-SS-2B

19. Luke Jackson, RHP (since dealt to Atlanta; I went to press before the Dec. 8 trade)

20. Tyler Phillips, RHP

21. Jairo Beras, OF

22. Drew Robinson, OF-3B-2B-1B-SS

23. Jonathan Hernandez, RHP

24. Pedro Payano, RHP

25. David Garcia, C

26. Andrew Faulkner, LHP

27. John Fasola, RHP

28. Blaine Prescott, 2B-OF

29. Yanio Perez, OF-3B

30. Scott Williams, RHP

31. Juremi Profar, 1B-3B-2B

32. Nick Gardewine, RHP

33. Kyle Cody, RHP

34. Wes Benjamin, LHP

35. Yeyson Yrizarri, SS-2B

36. Matt Ball, RHP

37. Sam Huff, C

38. Tyler Ferguson, RHP

39. Cristian Inoa, 2B-SS-3B-1B

40. Sam Wolff, RHP

41. Luke Tendler, OF

42. Edgar Arredondo, RHP

43. Curtis Terry, 1B

44. Jose Almonte, OF-1B

45. Michael De Leon, SS-2B

46. Joe Filomeno, LHP

47. Miguel Aparicio, OF

48. Yonny Hernandez, 2B-SS

49. Melvin Novoa, C

50. Shane McCain, LHP

51. Tai Tiedemann, RHP

52. Luis Marte, SS-3B

53. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, C-3B-SS-2B-OF-1B

54. Cody Palmquist, RHP

55. Jeffrey Springs, LHP

56. Ti’Quan Forbes, 3B-1B

57. Jose Valdespina, RHP

58. Evan Van Hoosier, 2B-3B-OF

59. Charles Leblanc, SS-3B

60. Adam Choplick, LHP

61. Preston Beck, OF-1B-RHP

62. Yohel Pozo, C-1B

63. Argenis Rodriguez, RHP

64. Francisco Ventura, C

65. Ryne Slack, LHP

66. Demarcus Evans, RHP

67. Eduard Pinto, OF

68. Tyler Sanchez, C-1B

69. Israel Cruz, RHP

70. Isaias Quiroz, C

71. Kyle Roberts, LHP

72. Jake Lemoine, RHP

Happy New Year, you guys.

Jamey Newberg

Dallas attorney Jamey Newberg has been commenting on Rangers from the big club down through the entire farm system since 1998.

Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas was born in Arlington, Texas, to Richard and Becky Lucas. He lived mostly in Arlington before moving to Austin, where he graduated from The University of Texas. Scott works for Austin Valuation Consultants, Ltd., and has published several boring articles about real estate appraisal and environmental contamination. He makes a swell margarita and refuses to run longer than ten kilometres.

Eleanor Czajka

Eleanor grew up watching the AAA Mudhens in Toledo, Ohio. A loyal Ranger fan since 1979, she works "behind the scenes" at the Newberg Report.